anzac day

[tielan]

Well, tonight after Endgame, I think there will be dumplings at the downstairs dumpling place. I suspect I'm going to need them.

Tomorrow, though, I'm thinking that spending the day at home alone is probably a bad idea. I'm trying to rally friends to go in to see the Black Anzac March in Redfern, but several of them are spoonies and it's rough.

I could ask some of the friends from church, but right now it's the middle of school holidays, so many of them are away, or have other plans. I guess it doesn't hurt to ask, though. If nothing else, I might find something else to do!

I'm wondering if I could ask friends from gardening groups. We're not close-close, mostly just friendly.

And this is why B1 living over at the parental house for a year is a BAD IDEA. It'll take her down, it'll take ME down, and all because my stepfather is too afraid of letting B2 manage the house, and too cheap to hire a housesitter.

Comments

[kore]

ohhhh dude

oh Lord

fandom is going to explode
not just the typical reddit "TLJ sucked" fandom bros either

[tielan]

Yes, but the extremely selfish question that I want to know is...

...will I get to watch it all go nuts with popcorn, or will I be one of the ones going nuts? [*]

[*] rhetorical question; I don't actually want to know the answer.

[rmc28]

I hope you get dumplings and I kind of hope you get to be one of the popcorn-eaters, because that sounds like it won't hurt as much.

Also I am still really fucking bitter about the way they left me feeling after Infinity War, and I refuse to add myself to their opening-week numbers, and this has completely baffled my fellow superhero-film-nerd colleague at work.

[tielan]

I would say that Endgame will be a pretty solid panacea for Infinity War. It hits all the right notes, does all the cool things.

Talking with a friend this morning, it gets 10/10 for cinematic storytelling excellence, although my own personal factor is 8/10 +ambivalent for the things that disappointed me. It's like, I know why they did what they did, and what the audience expectation/story payoff is out of their doing it, but...it bugs me all the same.

[booksarelife]

I'm trying to decide if I want to seek out/not try to hard to avoid spoilers from Endgame when it comes out or actually try to avoid spoilers, but I so can't even decide how I feel about the movie (the first trailer looked sad and depressing so I haven't seen it yet or really seen anything more than a few trailer gifs), so I'd really like to hear your general impressions of the movie after. (I honestly probably will have to deal with some spoilers given I still haven't seen Captain Marvel and likely won't for a few weeks because of access to movie theaters)
Sorry for the long ramble

Edited to add: I did not realize I was that behind in what you'd posted, and I have decided I probably will actually try to avoid spoilers when feasible

[tielan]

Okay, my estimation is that it will leave you with a distinctly uplifted feeling, if not downright euphoric.

My own dissatisfaction with it is largely personal preference and a few issues that I know are not going to be recognised by the broader audience or filmmakers.

Independently, it's a lot better than IW, with a lot more heart to it and well-scripted.

[booksarelife]

That's wonderful! I'm actually excited to (eventually) see it now!